Dell 341-7212 User Guide - Page 49

Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations This chapter explains how to use Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager to maintain and manage storage configurations. Initializing Virtual Disks To initialize a virtual disk after you complete the configuration process on a Dell PERC 5/i controller and on a Dell PERC 6/i controller, follow these steps: 1 Select the Logical tab in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window and click the icon of the virtual disk that you want to initialize. 2 Select Group Operations-> Initialize. The Group Initialize dialog box appears. 3 Select the virtual disk(s) to initialize, or click Select All to select all of the virtual disks in the list. 4 Click the Fast Initialization check box if you want to use this option. If you leave the box unchecked, Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager will run a Full Initialization on the virtual disk. A Full Initialization takes longer thans Fast Initialization. (For more information, see Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters.) 5 Click Start to start the initialization. You can monitor the progress of the initialization. See Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes for more information. Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations 49